A West Side Story for the cheap seats
This experience triggered new insights into the choreography and the blocking. Ensemble characters related in ways that I’d never seen before. Dance scenes could have…
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Explore San Francisco and Bay Area culture through theater reviews, film, contemporary art, and creative events. Featuring original artwork by Loni Stark, film reviews by Jeanne Powell, and insights by ATCA member Clinton Stark.
Just another Robot Sex Movie… (Sundance)
Welcome to the dungeon asylum of robot blacksmiths. F@#%ing to death by horses. Robot porn stars... Wait a sec, did I mention that Meaning of…
Film Review: ‘Buffalo Girls’ a gut wrenching look at child boxing
When prodded to explain why they do it, they admit it's for the money. Their parents are there to support them, to allow them to…
Film Review: ‘Teddy Bear’ (Sundance)
Teddy Bear is one of those rare films that can tell a story by letting the camera relax and observe. Like the development of the…
Bay Area Theater – Must-see shows
In 2009 we set out on a mission. Our goal was to fill the gap left by traditional media's cutback in local arts coverage. It…
Interview: Director Simon Curtis on Golden Globe winner Michelle Williams (video)
"She didn't let me down. She worked so hard, both at the body language externals of Marilyn and also the psychology and interior of Marilyn.…
Broadway By The Bay announces 2012 Season
Broadway By The Bay’s 2012 season kicks off with the Tony-winning Broadway musical Hairspray.
The Anniversary of August Strindberg and the Swedish Culture Amnesia
Theatre met the ideal demands and the small theatre got just what it needed, and it created Swedish performing theatre history. A total of 24…
The Jellicle Ball Returns: CATS opens in San Jose (review)
It’s been a couple of years since CATS was performed at the Center of Performing Arts, and Broadway San Jose more than delivered on this…
Playing with Electric Razors: ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’ (review)
With everything from reingoats to Anthony Weiner’s pull toy and a buzzing Norelco razor speeding dementedly across the tiny thrust stage, Kevin Blackton, Martin Rohas…